Let Em Live Children and car seat safety urged
In a forceful plea, a writer urges parents to restrain children in vehicles, citing high fatality and injury risks for kids under six months to twelve years. Citing the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the National Transportation Safety Board, the piece argues proper car seats and seat belts are essential and legally required, warning that improper use endangers lives and future well being.
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Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
United States
States
District of Columbia
National Transportation Safety Board
Johnny
Show Must Go On Samantha Despite Star's Death
ABC will air Lime Street episodes featuring Samantha Smith despite her death. The 13 year old became famous for a peace plea to the Soviet leaders but appeared in only four episodes before a plane crash. Producers face recasting or reshooting. tight schedules complicate changes.
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ABC
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Soviet Union
New Uganda leaders say Obote looted bank
Uganda's military coup leaders claim ousted President Milton Obote looted the central bank of foreign currency before fleeing to exile, and accuse him of plotting to kill one coup leader. Interim head Tito Okello says Obote took enough cash for three years, with Acak escorting him. Obote is said to be hiding in Kenya. Talks with guerrillas are proposed as elections are promised within a year.
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Egypt
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Okello
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Central Bank
Kenya
Acak
Tbe
The
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Basilio Olara Okello
Ici Amin
Okellos
National Resistance Movement
Nairobi
Yoweri Musweni
Idi Amin
Amin
Cuomo Shuns Vacations Heats Up Presidential Talk
Albany Governor Mario Cuomo, viewed as a potential president, rarely takes vacations, drawing attention to the pattern of presidents and staff using breaks for strategy and rest. Cuomo says he stays in New York, while attending events such as the New York State Fair, with aides noting his limited time away from Albany.
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Christopher
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Old evil gets new protection by state lotteries
In a reflective piece, Robert Maynard recalls visits to a Brooklyn market and a mother's warning about the Numbers game. He tracks how state lotteries expanded into a nationwide gambling boom, boosting tax revenue while challenging traditional views on vice. The NY Lotto craze and rising jackpot fever illustrate a shift from local vice to state sanctioned, seemingly painless taxation.
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New York
Tyan Martin
Long Island
DeKalb
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